Thursday, March 7, 2019

Book Beginning: Staying On by Paul Scott

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
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MY BOOK BEGINNING



When Tusker Smalley died of a massive coronary at approximately 9:30 am on the last Monday in April, 1972, his wife Lucy was out, having her white hair blue-rinsed and set at the Seraglio Room on the ground floor of Pankot's new five-storey glass and concrete hotel, the Shiraz.
UPDATE, Saturday, March 9, 2019: 

Apparently I was so distracted when I put this post up that I didn't realize I left out the name of my book and any description. It's been that kind of week.

-- Staying On by Paul Scott is a sequel to Scott's Raj Quartet about the wind up of British rule in India during WWII. He won the 1977 Booker Prize for Staying On.




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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING





TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.


MY FRIDAY 56

My Friday 56 is missing this week. I don't have the book with me and I am still at the office after 8:00 pm -- something I almost never do. I have a brief to file in a case in Idaho tomorrow and a court hearing here in Portland, so I barely got my opening sentence up. Next week!

11 comments :

  1. Hi Gilion,

    This sounds like one of those 'classics' I should definitely be aiming to read, although I am certain that I have watched the film adaptation, some time in the distant past!

    Working so late is never an ideal scenario, unless it is a dire emergency. I hope you manage to get time for a little R&R over the weekend.

    Thanks for posting and enjoy the book :)

    Yvonne xx

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  2. Your opening quote reminded me of a conversation I had today about friends who had a spouse die while they were off doing something else. Guess you know who is aging.

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  3. This book seems interesting. Enjoy your current read!

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  4. What a great book beginning! I've never read this. But i have to laugh - weirdly blue rinses are actually quite trendy these days. And yes, I'm old enough to remember the blue rinse brigade and how it was never trendy, and yes, I am also old enough to use the word TRENDY.

    NOT TRENDY LOL

    Happy weekend!

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  5. I so love these blogger hops because I come across books I've never heard of before.

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  6. Sounds like a good one. Have a great weekend!

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  7. Have a great weekend.
    sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes

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  8. Looking forward to next week's book! Happy weekend!

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  9. Makes me wonder what she's going to do and how she's going to feel about what's happened!

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  10. I'd forgotten how punchy that opening is. It's such a great book. Enjoy!

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